[b]p1.[/b] If the pairwise sums of the three numbers $x$, $y$, and $z$ are $22$, $26$, and $28$, what is $x + y + z$? [b]p2.[/b] Suhas draws a quadrilateral with side lengths $7$, $15$, $20$, and $24$ in some order such that the quadrilateral has two opposite right angles. Find the area of the quadrilateral. [b]p3.[/b] Let $(n)*$ denote the sum of the digits of $n$. Find the value of $((((985^{998})*)*)*)*$. [b]p4.[/b] Everyone wants to know Andy's locker combination because there is a golden ticket inside. His locker combination consists of 4 non-zero digits that sum to an even number. Find the number of possible locker combinations that Andy's locker can have. [b]p5.[/b] In triangle $ABC$, $\angle ABC = 3\angle ACB$. If $AB = 4$ and $AC = 5$, compute the length of $BC$. PS. You had better use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

A subset $S$ of positive real numbers is called [i]powerful[/i] if for any two distinct elements $a, b$ of $S$, at least one of $a^{b}$ or $b^{a}$ is also an element of $S$. [b]a)[/b] Give an example of a four elements powerful set. [b]b)[/b] Prove that every finite powerful set has at most four elements.

Set $A$ consists of $2016$ positive integers. All prime divisors of these numbers are smaller than $30.$ Prove that there are four distinct numbers $a, b, c$ and $d$ in $A$ such that $abcd$ is a perfect square.

A $12$-digit positive integer consisting only of digits $1,5$ and $9$ is divisible by $37$. Prove that the sum of its digits is not equal to $76$.

Let $ABCDE$ be a cyclic pentagon such that the diagonals $AC$ and $AD$ intersect $BE$ at $P$ and $Q$, respectively, with $BP \cdot QE = PQ^2$. Prove that $BC \cdot DE = CD \cdot PQ$.

Find all non-negative integers $x, y$ and $z$ such that $x^3 + 2y^3 + 4z^3 = 9!$

$ \left(x_{1} x_{2} \ldots x_{1998} \right)$ shows a number with 1998 digits in decimal system. How many numbers $ \left(x_{1} x_{2} \ldots x_{1998} \right)$ are there such that $ \left(x_{1} x_{2} \ldots x_{1998} \right) \equal{} 7\cdot 10^{1996} \left(x_{1} \plus{} x_{2} \plus{} \ldots \plus{} x_{1998} \right)$ ? $\textbf{(A)}\ 0 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 4$

Numbers $d(n,m)$, with $m, n$ integers, $0 \leq m \leq n$, are defined by $d(n, 0) = d(n, n) = 0$ for all $n \geq 0$ and \[md(n,m) = md(n-1,m)+(2n-m)d(n-1,m-1) \text{ for all } 0 < m < n.\] Prove that all the $d(n,m)$ are integers.

Assume $x_{1},x_{2},\dots,x_{n}\in\mathbb R^{+}$, $\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}^{2}=n$, $\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}\geq s>0$ and $0\leq\lambda\leq1$. Prove that at least $\left\lceil\frac{s^{2}(1-\lambda)^{2}}n\right\rceil$ of these numbers are larger than $\frac{\lambda s}{n}$.

In an acute-angled triangle $ABC$ the interior bisector of angle $A$ meets $BC$ at $L$ and meets the circumcircle of $ABC$ again at $N$. From $L$ perpendiculars are drawn to $AB$ and $AC$, with feet $K$ and $M$ respectively. Prove that the quadrilateral $AKNM$ and the triangle $ABC$ have equal areas.

In triangle $ABC$, suppose we have $a> b$, where $a=BC$ and $b=AC$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $AB$, and $\alpha, \beta$ are inscircles of the triangles $ACM$ and $BCM$ respectively. Let then $A'$ and $B'$ be the points of tangency of $\alpha$ and $\beta$ on $CM$. Prove that $A'B'=\frac{a - b}{2}$.

In a triangle $ABC$ with $AB=AC$, let $D$ be the midpoint of $[BC]$. A line passing through $D$ intersects $AB$ at $K$, $AC$ at $L$. A point $E$ on $[BC]$ different from $D$, and a point $P$ on $AE$ is taken such that $\angle KPL=90^\circ-\frac{1}{2}\angle KAL$ and $E$ lies between $A$ and $P$. The circumcircle of triangle $PDE$ intersects $PK$ at point $X$, $PL$ at point $Y$ for the second time. Lines $DX$ and $AB$ intersect at $M$, and lines $DY$ and $AC$ intersect at $N$. Prove that the points $P,M,A,N$ are concyclic.

Compute the number of quadruples $(a,b,c,d)$ of positive integers satisfying $$12a+21b+28c+84d=2024.$$

Find the smallest real number $M$ with the following property: Given nine nonnegative real numbers with sum $1$, it is possible to arrange them in the cells of a $3 \times 3$ square so that the product of each row or column is at most $M$. [i]Evan O' Dorney.[/i]

Points $D, E, F$ are selected on sides $BC, CA, AB$ correspondingly of triangle $ABC$ with $\angle C = 90^\circ$ such that $\angle DAB = \angle CBE$ and $\angle BEC = \angle AEF$. Show that $DB = DF$. [i](Proposed by Mykhailo Shtandenko)[/i]

Let $N$ be the set of positive integers. Determine if there is a function $f: N\to N$ such that $f(f(n))=2n$, for all $n$ belongs to $N$.

$ABCD$ is a square with sides of unit length. Points $E$ and $F$ are taken on sides $AB$ and $AD$ respectively so that $AE = AF$ and the quadrilateral $CDFE$ has maximum area. What is this maximum area?

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle such that $AB<AC$ with orthocenter $H$. The altitudes $BH$ and $CH$ intersect $AC$ and $AB$ at $B_{1}$ and $C_{1}$. Denote by $M$ the midpoint of $BC$. Let $l$ be the line parallel to $BC$ passing through $A$. The circle around $ CMC_{1}$ meets the line $l$ at points $X$ and $Y$, such that $X$ is on the same side of the line $AH$ as $B$ and $Y$ is on the same side of $AH$ as $C$. The lines $MX$ and $MY$ intersect $CC_{1}$ at $U$ and $V$ respectively. Show that the circumcircles of $ MUV$ and $ B_{1}C_{1}H$ are tangent. [i] Authored by Nikola Velov[/i]

Find all real roots of the equation \[ \sqrt{x^2-p}+2\sqrt{x^2-1}=x \] where $p$ is a real parameter.

Show that there exists a continuos function $f: [0,1]\rightarrow [0,1]$ such that it has no periodic orbit of order $3$ but it has a periodic orbit of order $5$.

find all polynomials with integer coefficients that $P(\mathbb{Z})= ${$p(a):a\in \mathbb{Z}$} has a Geometric progression.

Real numbers $r$ and $s$ are roots of $p(x)=x^3+ax+b$, and $r+4$ and $s-3$ are roots of $q(x)=x^3+ax+b+240$. Find the sum of all possible values of $|b|$.

Consider a triangle $ABC$ in which $AB=AC=15$ and $BC=18$. Points $D$ and $E$ are chosen on $CA$ and $CB$, respectively, such that $CD=5$ and $CE=3$. The point $F$ is chosen on the half-line $\overrightarrow{DE}$ so that $EF=8$. If $M$ is the midpoint of $AB$ and $N$ is the intersection of $FM$ and $BC$, what is the length of $CN$?

For every triple $(a,b,c)$ of non-zero real numbers, form the number \[ \frac{a}{|a|}+\frac{b}{|b|}+\frac{c}{|c|}+\frac{abc}{|abc|}. \] The set of all numbers formed is $\textbf{(A)}\ {0} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \{-4,0,4\} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \{-4,-2,0,2,4\} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \{-4,-2,2,4\} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of these}$

In a scalene triangle $ABC , AD, BE , CF$ are the angle bisectors $(D \in BC , E \in AC , F \in AB)$. Points $K_{a}, K_{b}, K_{c}$ on the incircle of triangle $ABC$ are such that $DK_{a}, EK_{b}, FK_{c}$ are tangent to the incircle and $K_{a}\not\in BC , K_{b}\not\in AC , K_{c}\not\in AB$. Let $A_{1}, B_{1}, C_{1}$ be the midpoints of sides $BC , CA, AB$ , respectively. Prove that the lines $A_{1}K_{a}, B_{1}K_{b}, C_{1}K_{c}$ intersect on the incircle of triangle $ABC$.